Limited health literacy is a barrier to colorectal cancer screening in England: Evidence from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing

Preventive Medicine

Volumn 61, Issue , 2014, Pages 100-105

  Kobayashi, Lindsay C ^a   Wardle, Jane ^a   von Wagner, Christian ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Colorectal cancer screening; Communication; Early detection; Faecal occult blood test; Health equity; Health literacy; Organised Screening

Indexed keywords

ADULT; AGE; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; CANCER SCREENING; COHORT ANALYSIS; COLORECTAL CANCER; CONTROLLED STUDY; EDUCATION; FEMALE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; INTERVIEW; LONGITUDINAL STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; OCCULT BLOOD TEST; PREDICTOR VARIABLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEX; SOCIAL PARTICIPATION; UNITED KINGDOM; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; HEALTH DISPARITY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SURVEY; MASS SCREENING; PROCEDURES; PSYCHOLOGY; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMICS; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA;

AGED; AGING; COHORT STUDIES; COLORECTAL NEOPLASMS; ENGLAND; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH LITERACY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS DISPARITIES; HUMANS; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; MALE; MASS SCREENING; MIDDLE AGED; NATIONAL HEALTH PROGRAMS; POPULATION SURVEILLANCE; QUESTIONNAIRES; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; REGRESSION ANALYSIS; SELF REPORT; SOCIOECONOMIC FACTORS;

EID: 84896043045     PISSN: 00917435     EISSN: 10960260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ypmed.2013.11.012     Document Type: Article

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